The MMA historian looked back at one of his friend's biggest victories over a legend of the sport.
Joe Rogan called his first UFC event in 1997 and is already the best part of three decades a consistent fixed value of mixed martial arts.
During that period, Rogan saw an incredible first in his friendly performance and remarkable stories and sometimes they get closer to home than others.
The old UFC commentator has a close friendship with former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub that competed in the Octagon 11 times.
This relationship eventually led to Rogan Schaub convincing to withdraw from the sport in 2015 after the fourth knockout loss of his professional career.
Joe Rogan emphasizes the legacy of Mirko Cro Cop, which was stopped in 2011 by Brendan Schaub
Brendan Schaub participated in the UFC in the tenth season of the Ultimate Fighter in 2009 and went 6-5 in the UFC before he became a comedian and podcaster.
The biggest victory of his career without a doubt came in 2011 where he produced the knockout of the Night against a certified legend.
After he lost to Roy Nelson in the TUF final, Schaub set a three-fighter winstreak together with a decision victory on Gabriel Gonzaga on UFC 121.
The next March on UFC 128 brought another big name opponent when the resident of Colorado Mirko CRO took the same night as Jon Jones because the youngest UFC champion in the history of the promotion.
Cro Cop came from a knockout loss for Frank Mir and although his UFC career was not spectacular, the Croatian icon had made its name many years earlier and cemented his legacy in Japan.
The Knock -Out artist was a Legend of Pride where he delivered some historical fights and won the openweight Grand Prix of 2006 after stopping after stopping Wanderlei Silva and Josh Barnett.
UFC 128 would be his penultimate outing in the Octagon, because after both men had suffered some considerable damage, Schaub closed the show with a large right hand in the third round.
During a recent episode of the Joe Rogan experience, the UFC commentator was accompanied by colleague Cabaretier Big Jay Oakerson with the subject of conversation that focuses on how Schaub is not intimidated after what he has experienced in his career.
“He was beaten up by world champions and he has eliminated world champions. He eliminated Mirko Cro Cop that was crazy. Mirko Cro Cop back in the day was the F – man, he was like the first elite kickboxer who was really in MMA. MMA.”
Brendan Schaub fought six more times before he retired
While Mirko CRO COP would compete for several other promotions before he retired in 2019, Brendan Schaub has noticed in the past about how this fight made him realize that they were not cut from the same cloth.
After beating the Croatian suffering 'Big Brown' back-to-back first round losing Antonio Nogueira and Ben Rothwell.
Although he bounced back with two victories over Lavar Johnson and Matt Mitrione, two consecutive defeats for Andrei Arlovski and Travis Browne would mark the end of his career.
With the help of his friends Joe Rogan and Brian Callen, Schaub came to realize that it was not worthwhile to put his health at stake if he could not fully go into the heavyweight division.
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